Tree Streets Historic District

620 Walnut Ave

Alvis House, 1928

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1928
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From the National Register nomination

glass door. Two-story Foursquare-form house of stretcher brick-veneer frame construction with an asphalt-shingled hip roof with hipped dormers with wood-shingled sides. The one-story front porch has classical wood columns on brick pedestals and square-section balusters. Yther features include a poured-concrete foundation, a side exterior brick chimney with stepped shoulders, an interior brick flue, a one-story side wing, 6/6 windows with soldier and header lintels, and 4 two-tier back porch with a screened first tier and a sleeping porch on the upper tier. Sam Alvis is probably the original owner of the house; the concrete basement floor is inscribed with the initials SMA and the date 1928. Dr. J. G. Dinwiddie, who was associated with Du Pont, was a long-time owner in the Ciszek, owner; James K. Wright)

Date based on city building-license files.

People

  • Sam Alvis original owner in 1928 (concrete basement floor is inscribed with the initials SMA and the date 1928)
  • Dr. J. G. Dinwiddie owner (associated with Du Pont, was a long-time owner)
  • Ciszek owner
  • James K. Wright owner

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